TMC, Des Moines, IA

true blue,
Would you please share with me just one (1) bonafide fact that Harold Annett is a thief?
Just one. An arrest record? A mug shot? Anything?
I too, had a lazy, good for nothing trainer at TMC, but I documented his actions to the training department and was swapped to another trainer and the first guy never trained again. My second trainer was great and retired from TMC a couple of years ago.I never allowed my success or failure to rest on anyone else but me. There are bad apples in every company. TMC too, I am sure, but your experience in 2008 has no relevance to TMC today.
Posting hearsay, rumors and truck stop BS in a public forum is just sour grapes.
I don't know who Dave is and, no, I am not Dave. The securement instructor I had was a guy named Don. But he is back driving a truck now and the new guy, Michael, is fabulous, so you see things change, bad apples are discarded. Just like Mr. Annett relieved his son Tim when he proved he couldn't cut it.
The issues you were whining about have all been dealt with since 2008 when you spent your two weeks collecting rumors. The point I was trying to make is that what you experienced five years ago is not reality today. I am sure some folks will have a bad experience, but that is true for every company.
MSNBC? Never, Fox news, well I would think about it....
I'm still waiting for those facts.....

 

The biggest problem I saw that I attribute to Tim Annett is I think he was getting very greedy and pushing operations to push the drivers to the max causing a lot of the accident issues...while it's still drivers responsibility to shut down when tired, a lot of them wouldn't for fear they wouldn't make any $$..I know that had to just make Harold's blood boil just to see the cost of body work needing to be done on that equipment plus all the freight claims as well...

 

TMC could not pay me enough to drive that slow, nuff said

 

A good company to work for stands on it's own..It certainly does not need a hack to defend it.This tenfortyfive guy is an insult to even the very average intelligence.

 

Well said True Blue... I find it funny how ten whatever doesn't understand this forum and how this section of this forum works. You could have had a problem about TMC's grass policy and wanted to warn drivers about that...We take care of ourselves and watch out for our brother trucker out here. If I decide to go to TMC for work, it's good to know about potential problems or issues. TMC is not the greatest thing since sliced bread, I have met with a few of their drivers on the road being from Iowa myself. Pull in the night next to a fellow Iowa driver and share stories and information... True Blue, you're not the only one who notices TMC is a "different" company to work for...For some that atmosphere will fit like a glove, for others it will lead to problems. Maybe that is the image TMC wants. You either fit their mold or you they weed you out...

 

Maybe this?

Looks like you said 2008 to me. If not then when did you work for them, 2009? As you said he was "often incorrect" and not that he WAS incorrect so it looks like he it read it correctly.

Playing games with your words like this is starting to question the integrity of what you posted before.

When I read your original post I came away with the impression that you felt too good to go through their training due to your prior experience so you rubbed elbows with the trainer. It really sounded like you were more interested in showing the trainer up then getting employed with TMC.